Bridge-indicator for billiard-tables



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0. P. SPAULDING.

BRIDGE INDICATOR FOR BILLIARD TABLES.

Patented May 12, 1885.

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BRIDGE-INDICATOR FORBlLLlARD-TABLES.

EiPECIFICA'lION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,871, dated May 12,1885.

Application filed October 28, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GHARLEs F. SPAULDING, of Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bridge-Indicators for Billiard-Tables, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact'description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation ofa part of a billiard-table to which myimprovement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a billiardta-ble upon a reduced scale. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, partly in section, of a'corner of a billiard'table to which my improvement has been applied.

The object of this invention is to facilitate finding the bridge in playing billiards, and thereby promote the convenience of billiardplayers.

The invention consists in the combination, with a billiard-table, of sliding bars, sliding hooks, and a connecting mechanism, whereby the weight of abridge-handle is made to raise the upper ends of the said sliding bars above the tops of the table-rails. The sliding hooks and the sliding bars are connected by cords or chains passing around guide-pulleys,whereby the said hooks and bars are made to move at the same time and in opposite directions, as will be hereinafter fully described audthen claimed.

A represents a billiardtable, at the end parts of the sides of which are placed hooks B, to receive the handles 0 of the bridges D, and support the said handles in such positions that they can be readily grasped by the players when the said bridges are to be'used. The shanks of the hooks B slide in keepers E, attached to the lowerparts of the sides of the table A, and to the upper ends of the said shanks are attached the ends of small cords or chains F, which pass over guide-pulleys G, pivoted to lugs formed upon the keepers E, and over guide-pulleys H, pivoted to lugs formed upon plates I, attached to the under sides of the side rails of the table A. The

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other ends of the cords or chains F are attached to the lower ends of small bars J, which pass up through perforations in the side rails of the table A, so that their upper ends can project a little above the tops of the said rails, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The bars J are made a little heavier than the hooks B, so that said bars will move downward,raising the said books. The upward movement of the hooks B is limited by stop-pins K, attached to them, and which come in contact with the keeper E when the upper ends of the bars J are flush with the top of the table-rails. When the bandles G of the bridges D are laid upon the hooks B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, the said hooks B are drawn downward,raising thebars J, and causing their upper ends to project above the tops of the table-rails, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so that the players can see the said projecting ends of the bars .J, can thus know where the bridges are, and can take hold of the handles of the said bridges without removing their eyes from the table. The upward movement of the bars J is limited by stoppins L, attached to the said bars J, and which come in contact with the plates 1, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a billiard-table, of the sliding bars J, the sliding hooks B, and a connecting mechanism, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the weight of a bridge-handle is made to raise the upper the table-rails, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the table A, the sliding hooks B, and the sliding bars J, of the cords or chains F and the guide-pulleys G H, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said hooks and bars are made to move at the same time and in opposite directions, as set forth.

CHARLES F. SPAULDING.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWICK.

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ends of the said sliding bars abovethe tops of 

